#2AB8A9#2AB8A9

#2AB8A9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.117 H 184.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#2AB8A9
RGB	rgb(42, 184, 169)
HSL	hsl(174, 63%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(174, 77%, 72%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.2%, 0%, 8.2%, 27.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.75, -39.56, -2.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.75, 39.66, 184.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.1163 -0.0084)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.117 184.1)
XYZ	xyz(25.2533, 37.6347, 43.4617)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#2AB8A9 #B82A39

analogous

#2AB862 #2AB8A9 #2A80B8

triadic

#2AB8A9 #A92AB8 #B8A92A

tetradic

#2AB8A9 #622AB8 #B82A39 #80B82A

square

#2AB8A9 #622AB8 #B82A39 #80B82A

split-complementary

#2AB8A9 #B82A80 #B8622A

monochromatic

#13544D #1F867B #2AB8A9 #4AD6C7 #7BE1D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#2AB8A9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#2AB8A9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #2AB8A9

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##2AB8A9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##2AB8A9	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFADA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9C9FAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #2ab8a9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(42, 184, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.117 184.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccec2',
    500: '#2ab8a9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #2ab8a9;
$custom-light: #7ccec2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#2ab8a9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 42,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.662,
    "s": 62.832,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.11659,
    "h": 184.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#2AB8A9

secondary

#C9757E

accent

#4253E6

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F7

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0B1412

muted

#7C8281

Preview Lab

Preview with #2AB8A9

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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